One of the more amusing recent couch gags from The Simpsons is equal parts hilarious and depressing, as it’s a more accurate reflection of real life for many than we care to admit. We like to think of our lives as a game of Mouse Trap.

A teaser for a documentary about two men who became obsessed because of H.G. Wells’ Time Machine. One has been working for 11 years on a replica of a time machine movie prop. The other wants to build an actual time machine.

Andrea Vadrucci aka Vadrum covers Leroy Anderson’s lighthearted piece, The Typewriter. Much of the humor is lost in the cover – you have to see it performed as intended – but Andrea’s a beast with the sticks.

Spoken-word performer Gary Turk reminds us that the pervasive use of “social media” tools tend to make us anti-social in the real world. Kids, it’s time to put down your smartphones for a few minutes and drink in some actual life.

Kinetix set up a robotic drum and percussion set and a variety of synthesizers to play a kick-ass electronic track. The video is a real-time recording of the song. Buy the song to fund Kinetix’ trip to NIME 2014.

Remember the funny short film The Expert? D. Scott Williamson watched it as well, and unlike Anderson he thought to himself: challenge accepted. Watch him fulfill all of the unreasonable demands of the client in the story.

We all think we’re being sly when we snap secret photos with our phones but it’s more than likely others just politely ignore our bad manners. Peek-I is a tiny periscope-like attachment that allows you to take photos at a 90-degree angle.

Retail store END. hooked up with Saucony to release a hamburger-themed colorway of the shoemaker’s classic Shadow 5000 running shoes. It’s already sold out on END.’s end but you should be able to find it in other stores this week.

Slow-motion footage of tattoo artist Gaëtan Le Gargasson aka GueT at work. It’s amazing how much skin and flesh vibrate because of the tattoo machine. The song is a sped-up version of Emmanuel Top’s Industriel.

A short fan-made fight sequence between the dual-wielding Sith Lord and a group of Jedi. What was the point of waiting you guys?! Also, how come no one’s ever thought of pulling off a Force Crotch Punch or Force Eye Poke?

We were stoked when we saw the first teaser for this urban sandbox game, and Insomniac has been hard at work making this Saints Row meets Jet Set Radio meets Infamous meets Bioshock: Infinite look like the Xbox One exclusive to beat.

We know, we know. We had a hard time looking past the vertical video and horribly low definition too, but this quick clip of a partier who clearly has nothing left to turn down for – and rallies for another stumble through the club – must be seen.

Back in the 1930s Walt Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston came up with 12 basic principles to help bring characters to life. Here, their observations are illustrated with a simple geometric shape by Cento Lodigiani.

Based on the powerful, lightweight Ariel Atom, the Beast turns the road-legal track day car into a true supercar, adding a sexy carbon-fiber shell, proper windshield, and either a 315hp, 2.0L turbo, or a 500hp, 2.4L supercharged engine.

(Season 4 Spoilers) Animator Leigh Lahav takes on Game of Throne’s upcoming trial of Tyrion Lannister, that’s sure to give him a *cough* fair and just hearing. Will our favorite characters ever get the break they deserve? Probably not.

Made of fir and iron, this unique furniture can be used in three ways. Keep it flat and use it as a dining table, lock it vertically as a standard shelf, or lock it halfway through to create a leaning shelf (or impromptu ladder).

YouTuber LeZ captured this hilarious blooper from the show La meilleure boulangerie de France (“The Best Bakery in France”). Is this a French, a bakery or a French bakery inside joke? Original video here; skip to 11:58.

Korner uses door and window trigger tags and connects to its fob via your router. When a tag detects an intrusion, the fob emits an alarm and also alerts you through a mobile app. Indiegogo supporters pay no annual subscription fee.

This English Springer Spaniel named Kellar was born blind, but he’s still pretty good at playing fetch. He uses his sense of hearing along with verbal cues from his owner to find his toy. Give your friend a chance to play too!

Put on your headphones, turn down your lights and go full screen to experience a tangle of geometric filaments fluttering to life at the speed of light in this installation by Mimi Son and Elliot Woods. Where’s an oculus rift when you need it?

(NSFW, Gore) Welcome to the future! The post-apocalyptic future, that is. Animation Domination HD imagines what the year 2055 would be like if we keep destroying our environment and each other.

Brooklyn-based shop Salt Surf makes beautiful and unique skateboards. The decks are made of layers of maple veneer sandwiched between walnut veneers. They’re sprayed with clear grip tape coating to keep the wood visible.

Developer Bungie teases the loot system for its upcoming team-oriented FPS Destiny. The game has three weapon categories, lots of sweet armor and individual loot drops, so you won’t have to worry about greedy teammates.